ELCA NEWS SERVICE

February 4, 2004

ELCA Seminary Lecture Series to Examine 'Evangelism Today'
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     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Proclaiming the gospel is one reason many
Lutherans give for having a Lutheran Church, but they have a
harder time describing how that happens outside a Sunday morning
sermon.  The eight seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA) will host the 2004 Hein-Fry Lecture Series,
"Evangelism Today: Lutheran Theology and Practice," to examine
that idea.
     The Rev. Edgar M. Krentz and the Rev. David L. Tiede will
each present lectures at four of the seminaries over the next
three months.  Krentz is a retired professor of New Testament,
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.  Tiede is president and
professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
     Tiede will begin the series Feb. 5 at Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C.; Feb. 24 at the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; and Feb. 27 at Pacific
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif.
     Krentz will speak March 5 at the Lutheran School of Theology
at Chicago.  Tiede will give his final lecture in the series
March 11 at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa.
     Krentz will close the series with lectures April 15 at
Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa; April 29 at Trinity
Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio; and April 30 at Luther
Seminary.
     The Hein-Fry Lecture Series predates the ELCA, which was
formed in 1988.  The endowed theological lecture series is
coordinated by the ELCA Division for Ministry in cooperation with
the eight seminaries to foster original scholarship and enrich
theological dialogue throughout the church.
     The series combines the Dr. Carl Christian Hein Memorial
Seminary Lectures of the former American Lutheran Church and the
Franklin Clark Fry Theological Lectures of the former Lutheran
Church in America.
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     The Web pages at http://www.elca.org/dm/hf/ have information
about the lecture series.  Information about the seminaries and
links to their home pages are at
http://www.elca.org/dm/te/seminaries.html on the ELCA Web site.

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